London 2012 - One extraordinary year

Previously the ship had been built at the NEC to allow performers to rehearse the show.

Alongside performers from Motionhouse and Legs on the Wall, there will be 140 people from various local dancing groups, musicians from the Birmingham Conservatoire and a gospel choir.

Stuart Griffiths, producer of The Voyage and chief executive of the Birmingham Hippodrome, said: "I hope it's going to be amazing, and at 22:00 BST, when the show takes place, you have to see this as film set.

"A film will be projected on the town hall, on the ship, which will make the whole performance into like a live animated film."

The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) and choirs will also perform as part of the build-up to the Games.

It will include the UK premiere of a new choral work called Weltethos, by Sutton Coldfield-born composer Jonathan Harvey.

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